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  <section id="framework">
<span id="prop_tgt:FRAMEWORK"></span><h1>FRAMEWORK<a class="headerlink" href="#framework" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p>Build <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SHARED</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">STATIC</span></code> library as Framework Bundle on the macOS and iOS.</p>
<p>If such a library target has this property set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TRUE</span></code> it will be
built as a framework when built on the macOS and iOS.  It will have the
directory structure required for a framework and will be suitable to
be used with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-framework</span></code> option.  This property is initialized by the
value of the <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_FRAMEWORK"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_FRAMEWORK.html#variable:CMAKE_FRAMEWORK" title="CMAKE_FRAMEWORK"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_FRAMEWORK</span></code></a> variable if it is set when a target is
created.</p>
<p>To customize <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Info.plist</span></code> file in the framework, use
<span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:MACOSX_FRAMEWORK_INFO_PLIST"></span><a class="reference internal" href="MACOSX_FRAMEWORK_INFO_PLIST.html#prop_tgt:MACOSX_FRAMEWORK_INFO_PLIST" title="MACOSX_FRAMEWORK_INFO_PLIST"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MACOSX_FRAMEWORK_INFO_PLIST</span></code></a> target property.</p>
<p>For macOS see also the <span class="target" id="index-0-prop_tgt:FRAMEWORK_VERSION"></span><a class="reference internal" href="FRAMEWORK_VERSION.html#prop_tgt:FRAMEWORK_VERSION" title="FRAMEWORK_VERSION"><code class="xref cmake cmake-prop_tgt docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FRAMEWORK_VERSION</span></code></a> target property.</p>
<p>Example of creation <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dynamicFramework</span></code>:</p>
<div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">add_library(</span><span class="nb">dynamicFramework</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">SHARED</span>
<span class="w">            </span><span class="nb">dynamicFramework.c</span>
<span class="w">            </span><span class="nb">dynamicFramework.h</span>
<span class="nf">)</span>
<span class="nf">set_target_properties(</span><span class="nb">dynamicFramework</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">PROPERTIES</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="no">FRAMEWORK</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">TRUE</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="no">FRAMEWORK_VERSION</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="no">C</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="no">MACOSX_FRAMEWORK_IDENTIFIER</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">com.cmake.dynamicFramework</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="no">MACOSX_FRAMEWORK_INFO_PLIST</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">Info.plist</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="c"># &quot;current version&quot; in semantic format in Mach-O binary file</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="no">VERSION</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">16.4.0</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="c"># &quot;compatibility version&quot; in semantic format in Mach-O binary file</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="no">SOVERSION</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">1.0.0</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="no">PUBLIC_HEADER</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nb">dynamicFramework.h</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="no">XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;iPhone Developer&quot;</span>
<span class="nf">)</span>
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